Firefighters battle a raging fire on the zero block of High Street West in the early hours of Thursday morning. In addition to the complete loss of four businesses, 14 people who lived above the businesses are now homeless as a result of the destructive blaze.

“We transported 14 people over to the Salvation Army down the street where we were able to give them hydration and some food,” Major Mervyn Halvorsen told the Times-Herald Wednesday. “There they went into our thrift store and got some immediately clothing because they lost everything.”

In addition to the four businesses that were destroyed by flames, residences above those businesses were also a complete loss.

Firefighters battle a raging fire on the zero block of High Street West in the early hours of Thursday morning. In addition to the complete loss of four businesses, 14 people who lived above the businesses are now homeless as a result of the destructive blaze.